Example of a Clipboard Viewer

The following example shows a simple clipboard viewer application.

HINSTANCE hinst; 
UINT uFormat = (UINT)(-1); 
BOOL fAuto = TRUE; 
 
LRESULT APIENTRY MainWndProc(hwnd, uMsg, wParam, lParam) 
HWND hwnd; 
UINT uMsg; 
WPARAM wParam; 
LPARAM lParam; 
{ 
    static HWND hwndNextViewer; 
 
    HDC hdc; 
    HDC hdcMem; 
    PAINTSTRUCT ps; 
    LPPAINTSTRUCT lpps; 
    RECT rc; 
    LPRECT lprc; 
    HGLOBAL hglb; 
    LPSTR lpstr; 
    HBITMAP hbm; 
    HENHMETAFILE hemf; 
    HWND hwndOwner; 
 
    switch (uMsg) 
    { 
        case WM_PAINT: 
            hdc = BeginPaint(hwnd, &ps); 
 
            // Branch depending on the clipboard format. 
 
            switch (uFormat) 
            { 
                case CF_OWNERDISPLAY: 
                    hwndOwner = GetClipboardOwner(); 
                    hglb = GlobalAlloc(GMEM_MOVEABLE, 
                        sizeof(PAINTSTRUCT)); 
                    lpps = GlobalLock(hglb); 
                    memcpy(lpps, &ps, sizeof(PAINTSTRUCT)); 
                    GlobalUnlock(hglb); 
 
                    SendMessage(hwndOwner, WM_PAINTCLIPBOARD, 
                        (WPARAM) hwnd, (LPARAM) hglb); 
 
                    GlobalFree(hglb); 
                    break; 
 
                case CF_BITMAP: 
                    hdcMem = CreateCompatibleDC(hdc); 
                    if (hdcMem != NULL) 
                    { 
                        if (OpenClipboard(hwnd)) 
                        { 
                            hbm = (HBITMAP) 
                                GetClipboardData(uFormat); 
                            SelectObject(hdcMem, hbm); 
                            GetClientRect(hwnd, &rc); 
 
                            BitBlt(hdc, 0, 0, rc.right, rc.bottom, 
                                hdcMem, 0, 0, SRCCOPY); 
                            CloseClipboard(); 
                        } 
                        DeleteDC(hdcMem); 
                    } 
                    break; 
 
                case CF_TEXT: 
                    if (OpenClipboard(hwnd)) 
                    { 
                        hglb = GetClipboardData(uFormat); 
                        lpstr = GlobalLock(hglb); 
 
                        GetClientRect(hwnd, &rc); 
                        DrawText(hdc, lpstr, -1, &rc, DT_LEFT); 
 
                        GlobalUnlock(hglb); 
                        CloseClipboard(); 
                    } 
                    break; 
 
                case CF_ENHMETAFILE: 
                    if (OpenClipboard(hwnd)) 
                    { 
                        hemf = GetClipboardData(uFormat); 
                        GetClientRect(hwnd, &rc); 
                        PlayEnhMetaFile(hdc, hemf, &rc); 
                        CloseClipboard(); 
                    } 
                    break; 
 
                case 0: 
                    GetClientRect(hwnd, &rc); 
                    DrawText(hdc, "The clipboard is empty.", -1, 
                        &rc, DT_CENTER | DT_SINGLELINE | 
                        DT_VCENTER); 
                    break; 
 
                default: 
                    GetClientRect(hwnd, &rc); 
                    DrawText(hdc, "Unable to display format.", -1, 
                        &rc, DT_CENTER | DT_SINGLELINE | 
                        DT_VCENTER); 
            } 
            EndPaint(hwnd, &ps); 
            break; 
 
        case WM_SIZE: 
            if (uFormat == CF_OWNERDISPLAY) 
            { 
                hwndOwner = GetClipboardOwner(); 
                hglb = GlobalAlloc(GMEM_MOVEABLE, sizeof(RECT)); 
                lprc = GlobalLock(hglb); 
                GetClientRect(hwnd, lprc); 
                GlobalUnlock(hglb); 
 
                SendMessage(hwndOwner, WM_SIZECLIPBOARD, 
                    (WPARAM) hwnd, (LPARAM) hglb); 
 
                GlobalFree(hglb); 
            } 
            break; 
 
        case WM_CREATE: 
 
            // Add the window to the clipboard viewer chain. 
 
            hwndNextViewer = SetClipboardViewer(hwnd); 
            break; 
 
        case WM_CHANGECBCHAIN: 
 
            // If the next window is closing, repair the chain. 
 
            if ((HWND) wParam == hwndNextViewer) 
                hwndNextViewer = (HWND) lParam; 
 
            // Otherwise, pass the message to the next link. 
 
            else if (hwndNextViewer != NULL) 
                SendMessage(hwndNextViewer, uMsg, wParam, lParam); 
 
            break; 
 
        case WM_DESTROY: 
            ChangeClipboardChain(hwnd, hwndNextViewer); 
            PostQuitMessage(0); 
            break; 
 
        case WM_DRAWCLIPBOARD:  // clipboard contents changed. 
 
            // Update the window by using Auto clipboard format. 
 
            SetAutoView(hwnd); 
 
            // Pass the message to the next window in clipboard 
            // viewer chain. 
 
            SendMessage(hwndNextViewer, uMsg, wParam, lParam); 
            break; 
 
        case WM_INITMENUPOPUP: 
            if (!HIWORD(lParam)) 
                InitMenu(hwnd, (HMENU) wParam); 
            break; 
 
        case WM_COMMAND: 
            switch (LOWORD(wParam)) 
            { 
                case IDM_EXIT: 
                    DestroyWindow(hwnd); 
                    break; 
 
                case IDM_AUTO: 
                    SetAutoView(hwnd); 
                    break; 
 
                default: 
                    fAuto = FALSE; 
                    uFormat = LOWORD(wParam); 
                    InvalidateRect(hwnd, NULL, TRUE); 
            } 
            break; 
 
        default: 
            return DefWindowProc(hwnd, uMsg, wParam, lParam); 
    } 
    return (LRESULT) NULL; 
} 
 
void WINAPI SetAutoView(HWND hwnd) 
{ 
    static UINT auPriorityList[] = { 
        CF_OWNERDISPLAY, 
        CF_TEXT, 
        CF_ENHMETAFILE, 
        CF_BITMAP 
    }; 
 
    uFormat = GetPriorityClipboardFormat(auPriorityList, 4); 
    fAuto = TRUE; 
 
    InvalidateRect(hwnd, NULL, TRUE); 
    UpdateWindow(hwnd); 
} 
 
void WINAPI InitMenu(HWND hwnd, HMENU hmenu) 
{ 
    UINT uFormat; 
    char szFormatName[80]; 
    LPCSTR lpFormatName; 
    UINT fuFlags; 
    UINT idMenuItem; 
 
    // If a menu is not the display menu, no initialization is necessary. 
 
    if (GetMenuItemID(hmenu, 0) != IDM_AUTO) 
        return; 
 
    // Delete all menu items except the first. 
 
    while (GetMenuItemCount(hmenu) > 1) 
        DeleteMenu(hmenu, 1, MF_BYPOSITION); 
 
    // Check or uncheck the Auto menu item. 
 
    fuFlags = fAuto ? MF_BYCOMMAND | MF_CHECKED : 
        MF_BYCOMMAND | MF_UNCHECKED; 
    CheckMenuItem(hmenu, IDM_AUTO, fuFlags); 
 
    // If there are no clipboard formats, return. 
 
    if (CountClipboardFormats() == 0) 
        return; 
 
    // Open the clipboard. 
 
    if (!OpenClipboard(hwnd)) 
        return; 
 
    // Add a separator and then a menu item for each format. 
 
    AppendMenu(hmenu, MF_SEPARATOR, 0, NULL); 
    uFormat = EnumClipboardFormats(0); 
 
    while (uFormat) 
    { 
        // Call an application-defined function to get the name 
        // of the clipboard format. 
 
        lpFormatName = GetPredefinedClipboardFormatName(uFormat); 
 
        // For registered formats, get the registered name. 
 
        if (lpFormatName == NULL) 
        { 
            if (GetClipboardFormatName(uFormat, szFormatName, 
                    sizeof(szFormatName))) 
                lpFormatName = szFormatName; 
            else 
                lpFormatName = "(unknown)"; 
        } 
 
        // Add a menu item for the format. For displayable 
        // formats, use the format ID for the menu ID. 
 
        if (IsDisplayableFormat(uFormat)) 
        { 
            fuFlags = MF_STRING; 
            idMenuItem = uFormat; 
        } 
        else 
        { 
            fuFlags = MF_STRING | MF_GRAYED; 
            idMenuItem = 0; 
        } 
        AppendMenu(hmenu, fuFlags, idMenuItem, lpFormatName); 
 
        uFormat = EnumClipboardFormats(uFormat); 
    } 
    CloseClipboard(); 
 
} 
 
BOOL WINAPI IsDisplayableFormat(UINT uFormat) 
{ 
    switch (uFormat) 
    { 
        case CF_OWNERDISPLAY: 
        case CF_TEXT: 
        case CF_ENHMETAFILE: 
        case CF_BITMAP: 
            return TRUE; 
    } 
    return FALSE; 
}